Civilian staff of the Defence Industry Corporation of Nigeria (DICON), Kaduna, have accused the management of the corporation for allegedly ordering soldiers to beat them during a peaceful protest to demand for the non payment of their allowances. The peaceful protest which held on Monday at the Kakuri factory of the corporation, was the second…
Kaduna state governor, Senator Uba Sani, has vowed to deal with politicians who derive joy in the escalation of insecurity in order to further their political interests. The governor sounded the warning at the weekend while receiving 58 kidnapped victims at the government house, Kaduna. The kidnapped victims were recently rescued by security forces and handed…
Mukhtar Sirajo, president and chairman of the governorship council, Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR),has called on the present administration to implement some of the recommendations contained in the report of the institute’s Citizens Summit which held last year. Sirajo made the call in a message marking the World 2023 PR Day celebrations. He said…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has released, Ahmed Idris, the suspended Accountant-General of the Federation. Idris was arrested for alleged involvement in N174 billion fraud. He was released on bail from the custody EFCC on Wednesday night in Abuja and has since been reunited with his family. Spokesperson of the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren,…
The Deputy Governor of Kaduna state, Dr. Hadiza Balarabe, has said that the Kaduna state government has proven that it is possible to use electronic voting to conduct elections in Nigeria. Balarabe stated this on Thursday at a sensitisation programme organised by the Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission (SIECOM) for stakeholders ahead of the September…
The leadership of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has asked its members to be ready to commence nationwide strike, if anything happens to Joe Ajaero its President as he honours police invitation. The Nigerian Police had on Monday, invited the President NLC for questioning over alleged “criminal conspiracy, terrorism financing, treasonable felony, subversion and cybercrime in…
